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MANUAL 



^SE OF THE MEMBERS 



CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 



IN STURBRIDGE 



IJanuars, 1843. 



WEST BROOKFIELD : 

MERRIAM & COOKE, PRINTERS 

1843. 









ABt. SOO. 



25 il '90* 



BRIEF 



HISTORICAL NOTICES 



Public worship was commenced in Sturbridge 
soon after the settlement of the town, in 1730. 

The Congregational Church was organized on the 
29th of Sept. 1736; consisting of fourteen male 
members. The town was incorporated in June 1738. 

The first meeting-house was dedicated to the wor- 
ship of God on the 19th of Sept. 1733; about five 
years before the town was incorporated. 

The present house of worship was dedicated in 
Dec. 1787; and the interior was entirely remodeled 
in 1835. 

Rev. Caleb Rice, the first Pastor, was ordamed 
Sept. 27th, 1736. He was released from his charge 
by death Sept. 2nd 1759; having been Pastor of the 
Church 23 years. 

Rev. Joshua Paine was ordained Pastor of the 



Church June I7th, 1761. He deceased Dec. 28th, 
1799; in the 65th year of his age; having been Pas- 
tor of the Church 38 years. 

Rev. Otis Lane was ordained Pastor of the Church 
Dec. 10th, 1800. He was disfnissed, at his own re- 
quest, Feb. 24th, 1819; having been Pastor of the 
Church 18 years. He deceased May 6th, 1842, 
aged 72. — His remains rest with those of his prede- 
cessors in the burying ground in Sturbridge. 

Rev. Alvan Bond v/as ordained Pastor of the 
Church Nov. 30th, 1819. — He was dismissed, at his 
own request, Oct. 3rd, 1831; having been Pastor of 
the Church 12 years. 

Rev. Joseph S. Clark was ordained Pastor of the 
Church, Dec. 21st, 1831; and was dismissed, at his 
own request, Dec. 20th, 1838; having been Pastor 
of the Church 7 years. 

Rev. David R. Austin was installed Pastor of the 
Church May 1st, 1839:— 

The following are the names of those who have 
sustained the office of Deacon since the organization 
of the Church. 

The date indicates the year when they were elect- 
ed. A chasm of 30 years in the Records of Mr. 
Paine's ministry, renders it impossible to assign a 



date to those who were appointed to office during 
that interval. 



1736. DANIEL FISKE. 

" EBENEZER STEARNS. 
1741. ISAAC NEWELL. 
1747. JOSEPH BAKER. 
1749. EDWARD FOSTER. 
1764. MOSES WELD. 

JOSHUA HARDING. 

JOB HAMANT. 



ROLAND CLARK. 
ELEAZAR HEBARD. 

1807. JOEL PLIMPTON. 

1808. DANIEL PLIMPTON. 
1826. ZEN AS DUNTON. 

" GEORGE DAVIS. 

1832. EPHRAIM LYON. 

" JAxMES CHAPIN. 



ADMISSIONS. 

The whole number received to the Church, since 
its organization, is 855; of which 291 were males, 
and 564 females. The present number of members 
is 350; of which 110 are males, and 240 females. 

It should be observed, that the preceding account 
does not contain the names of tho^e admitted to the 
Church for many years; as the entire records of Mr. 
Paine's ministry are lost. It is said that his house 
was broken open, and among other things, the Church 
records were stolen. This lo^s is greatly to be re- 
gretted, as the history of the Church, during a very 
interesting period, that of the Revolutionary war, can 
never be recovered. 

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FORM 



OF ADMISSION TO THE CHURCH. 



Preliminary Mdress of the Pastor to the Candi- 
dates. 

By a public profession of faith in Jesus Christ, you 
do not create new^ but simply recognize and acknow- 
ledge previously existing responsibilities. 

Your present act does not lay you under obliga- 
tions which never existed before, to consecrate every 
active power of your being to the Lord. You ought 
to have felt this obligation, and to have been influ- 
enced by it, ever since you were capable of moral 
action. It is your sin, that you have refused to do it 
so long. You are now before God and his people, 
both to acknowledge this sin, and to declare your ab- 
horrence of all sin, your love of holiness, your com- 
fort of hope, and joy of faith; — to declare your fixed 
and unalterable purpose, to bring every power of 
your being into subjection to the obedience of Christ 
— and to identify yourself and all your interests, for 
time and eternity, with the church of the living God. 

To the confession of faith, and solemn covenant 
which you are now about to make, God, and angels, 
and men, are witnesses. The consequences of this 
transaction will run parallel with eternal ages, and 



will live in delightful, or mournful remembrance amid 
the songs of glory, or the wailings of despair. 

Overwhelming as is the solemn nature of the step 
you are now taking, be not dismayed. God is might- 
ier than both your fears, and your foes. — The Lord 
Jesus has said, '' All that the Father giveth to me 
shall come to me; and him that cometh to me, I will 
in no wise cast out.^^ With your whole soul fixed on 
Him, come, and in holy, tender confidence in your 
risen Savior, adopt the confession and covenant which 
we now propound to you. 



CONFESSION OF FAITH 



ARTICLE I. 

You believe that there is but one God, the Crea- 
tor, Preserver and moral governor of the universe; a 
being of infinite power, knowledge, wisdom, justice, 
goodness and truth; the self-existent, independent 
and immutable fountain of good. 

Now unto the king eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise 
God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. I Tim. i. 17. 
He that built all things is God. Heb. iii. 4. — Great and marvellous 
are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, 
thou king of saints ? who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify 
ihy name ? For thou only art holy: Rev. xv. 3, 4. 

ARTICLE II. 

You believe that ihe Scriptures of the Old and New 
Testament were given by inspiration of God; that 
they are profitable for doctrine, for reproof, and for 
instruction in righteousness; and that they are our 
only rule of doctrinal behef and religious practice. 

God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time 
past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken 
unto us by his Son. Heb. i. 1, 2.— All Scripture is given by inspi- 
ration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correc- 
tion, for instruction in righteousness. 2 Tim. iii. 16. — We have 
also a more sure word of prophesy, whereunto ye do well that ye 
take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day 
dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts 2 Pel. i. 19. 



ARTICLE III. 

You believe that the mode of divine existence is 
such as lays a foundation for a three fold distinction 
in the Godhead, — the Father, the Son, and the 
Holy Ghost, and that these three are one in essence, 
and equal in power and glory. 

Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the 
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Matt. 
xxviii. 19. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God. 
and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen 2 
Cor. xiii. 14. 

ARTICLE IV. 

You believe that God has made all things for him- 
self; that known unto him are all his works from the 
beginning; and that he governs all things according 
to the counsel of his own will. 

The Lord hath made all things for himself. Prov. xvi. 4. — 
Known unto God are all his works from the beginninj^ of the world. 
Acts, XV. 18. — In whom (Christ) also we have obtained an inheri- 
tance being predestinated according to the purpose of him, who 
workelh all things after the counsel of his own will. Eph. i. 11. 

ARTICLE V. 

You believe that the divine law and the principles 
and administration of the divine government are per- 
fectly holy, jusl; and good; and that all rational beings 
are bound to approve them. 

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, jast 
and good. Rom- vii. 12. — The Lord is righteous in ail his ways and 
holy in all his works. Ps, cxlv. 17. — The Lord reigneth; let the 
earth rejoice, let the multitudes of isles be glad thereof Ps. xcvii. 1. 



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ARTICLE VI. 

You believe that God, at first, created man in his 
own image, in a state of rectitude and holiness; and 
that he fellTrom that state by transgressing the divine 
command in eating the forbidden fruit. 

So God created man in his own imnge, in the image of God cre- 
ated he him. Gen. i. 27. — God mdde rn in upright: but they have 
sought out many inventions. Ecci. vii. 29. — But of the tree of the 
knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it : for in the day 
that thou eatest thereof, ihou shalt surely die. Gen. ii. 17. — And 
when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it 
was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one 
wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto 
her husband with her, and he did eat. Gen. iii. 6. 

ARTICLE VII. 

You believe that in consequence of the apostacy, 
the heart of man, in his natural state, is destitute of 
holiness and in a state of positive disaffection with 
the law, character and government of God, and that 
all men previous to regeneration are dead in trespas- 
ses and sins. 

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death 
by sin; and so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned. 
Rom. V. 12. — We have before proved btith Jews and Gentiles that 
they are all under sin. Rom. iii 9. — The carnal mind is enmity 
against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed 
can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. Rom. 
vili. 7, 8. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

You believe that Christ the Son of God has made 
atonement for sin; that he is the only Redeemer of 



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sinners; and that all who are saved will be altogether 
indebted to the grace of God, for their salvation. 

Walk in love, .as Christ hath also loved us, and hath given him- 
self for MB an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelline 
savor. Eph. x. 2.— Neither is there salvation in any other: for there 
unone other name under heaven given among men, whereby we 
must be saved. Acts, iv. 12.— For by grace are ye saved through 
imth; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Eph. ii. 3. 

ARTICLE IX. 

You believe that although the invitations of the 
gospel are such, that whosoever will may come and 
take of the waters of life freely, yet the depravity of 
the human heart is such, that no man will come to 
Christ, except the Father by the special and effica- 
cious inj9uences of his spirit draw him. 

And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. John, v. 
40.— No man can come to me, except the Father who hath sent 
me, draw him. John, vi. 44. 

ARTICLE X. 

You believe that those who embrace the gospel, 
were '' chosen in Christ before the foundation of the 
world," that they should be holy and without blame 
before him in love; and that they are justified and 
saved, not by works of righteousness, which they 
have done, but according to the distinguishing mercy 
of God, through sanctificaiion of the Spirit, and be- 
lief of the truth. 

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of 
the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in 
love : having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by 



in 

Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his wilL 
Eph. 1. 4, 5. — Not by works of righteoasness, which we have 
done, but according to his mercy he saved us by the washing c4 
regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost: — that being justified 
by his grace, we should be made heirs, according to the hope ©f 
eternal life. Tit. iii, 5. 7. 

ARTICLE ^XL 

You believe that those, who cordially embrace 
Christ, although they may be left to fall into sin, will 
nevertheless be brought to repentance, and will be 
kept by the power of God through faith unto salva- 
tion. 

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, 
neither shali any man pluck them out of my hand. John, x. 28. — 
V. ho are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation. 
1 Pet. 15. 

ARTICLE XIL 

You believe that watchfulness over the life, holy 
meditation, a conscientious attention upon public, 
family and secret worship, together with the steady 
practice of righteousness, truth, sincerity and charity, 
and of sobriety, chastity and temperance are the in- 
dispensible duties of every christian. 

For the grace of God that bringelh salvation hath appeared to all 
men, tenching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts we 
should live soberly, righteously and godly in this present world. 
Tit. ii. 11, 12. — Be ye therefore sober and watch unto prayer. 
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves. 1 Pet. 
iv. 7, 8. — Praying always, with all prayer and supplication in the 
spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplica- 
tion for all saints. Eph vi. 18. — Examine yourselves whether ye be 
in the faith; prove your own selves. 2 Cor. xiii. 5. — But thou, when 
thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy 
door, pray to thy Father in secret. Matt. vi. 6. — But as for me and 
my house, we will serve the Lord. Josh. xxiv. 15. 



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ARTICLE XIII. 

You believe that there will be a general resurrec- 
tion of the bodies both of the just and of the unjust. 

The hour is coming in the which all that are in the graves shall 
hear his voice, and shall come forth ; they that have done good unto 
the resurrection of life; and they that hive done evil unto the resur- 
rection of danination. And many of them that sleep in the dust of 
the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame 
and everlasting contempt. Dan. xii. 2. 

ARTICLE XIV. 

You believe that all mankind must one day stand 
before the judgment seat of Christ, to receive a jusl 
and final sentence of retribution, according to the 
deeds done in the body; and that at the day of judg- 
ment the state of all will be tinalterably fixed; and 
that the punishment of the wicked, and the happiness 
of the righteous will be endless. 

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that 
every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that 
he hath done whether it be good or bad. 2 Cor. v. 10. — For God 
shall bring every work into judgment with every secret thing, whe- 
ther it be good, or whether it be evil. Eccl. xii. 14. — And these 
shall go away into everlasting punishment; but the lighteous into 
life eternal. Matt. xxv. 46. 

ARTICLE XV. 

You believe that Christ has a visible church in the 
world, into which none but real believers in the sight 
of God, and none but visible believers in the sight of 
man, have right of admission. 

And I say unto thee, that thou art Peter; and upon this rock will 
I build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it 
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Maft. xvi. 18. — And the Lord ndded fo the church daily such as 
should be saved. Acts, ii. 47. — Unto the church of God, which is 
at Coiinth, to them that are siinciified in Christ Jesus, called to be 
saints, wiih all that in every place cull upon the name of Jesus 
Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours. 1 Cor. i. 2. — They shall ask 
the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come and let 
us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not 
be forgotten. Jer. 1. 5. 

ARTICLE XVI. 

You believe that the sacraments of the New Tes- 
tament are baptism and the Lord's supper; that be- 
lievers in regular church standing only can consistent- 
ly partake of the Lord's supper, and that visible be- 
lievers and their households only, can consistently be 
admitted to the ordinance of baptism. 

Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the 
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Mat. 
x.wiii. 19. — For the promise is unto you, and to your children*, and 
to all that are afir off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call 
Acts, ii. 39. — What doth hinder me to be baptized ? And Philip 
said, If thou believest with all thy heart, thou niayest. Acts, viii. 
36^ 37. — And was baptized, he and all his, slr;iightvvay. Acts, xvi. 
83. — For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered 
unto you. That the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was be- 
trayed took bread, &c. But let a man examine hiu^self and so let 
him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 1 Cor. 23, 28. 

Do you now, before God and his people, adopt, 
and profess your belief in the foregoing summary of 
gospel doctrine and duty.-* 

Tiie Church will now vote upon the question of 
the reception of the candidates to their fellowship and 
communion. 

The ordinance of baptism, if required, will now 
be administered. 



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After which the covenant will be proposed t-o the 
candidates for their assent. 



COVENANT. 

You do now in the presence of God and man. 
avouch the Lord Jehovah, Father, Son and Holy 
Ghost, to be your GOD, the supreme object of your 
affection, and your chosen portion forever. You 
cordially acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ in all 
his mediatorial offices. Prophet, Priest and King, as 
your only Savior and final Judge; and the Holy 
Spirit as your Sanctifier, Comforter and Guide. 
You humbly and cheerfully devote yourself to God, 
in the everlasting covenant of grace. You consecrate 
all your powers and faculties to his service and glory; 
and you promise to take the Scriptures as the rule of 
your life and conversation; and that through the as- 
sistance of his spirit and grace, you will cleave to 
him as your chief good; that you will give diligent 
attention to his word and ordinances, to family and 
secret prayer, and to the observance of his Sab- 
bath; that you will seek the honor of his name and 
the interest of his kingdom; and that henceforth de- 
nying all ungodliness and every worldly lust, you will 
live soberly, righteously and godly in the world. 

You do now cordially join yourself to this as a 
church of Christ, engaging to submit to its discipline, 
so far as conformable to the rules of the gospel, and 



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solemnly covenanting to strive, as much as in you 
lies, for its gospel peace, edification and purity; and 
to walk with its members in christian love, faithful- 
ness, circumspection, meekness and sobriety; and 
abandoning the sinful pleasures and amusements of 
the world, to prove what is thattgood and acceptable 
and perfect will of God. — Thus you covenant, pro- 
mise and engage. 

We do now receive you into our communion, and 
promise to watch over you with christian affection 
and tenderness, ever treating you in love as a member 
of the body of Christ, who is head over all things to 
the church. — This we do, imploring of the great 
Shepherd of Israel, our Lord and Redeemer, that 
both you and we may have wisdom and grace to be 
faithful in his covenant, and to glorify him with the 
holiness which becomes his house I'orever. Amen. 

FINAL ADDRESS. 

You have witnessed, beloved in the Lord, a good 
confession, in the sight of God, of angels, and of 
men. 

You have come under solemn obligations, from 
which you can never be absolved. — Wherever you 
go, these holy and reasonable vows will be upon you. 
You can never again be as you have been. You 
can never withdraw from the watch and communion 
of the saints without contracting the guilt of covenant" 



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breaking, and fearfully exposing yourself lo the 
righteous displeasure of Heaven. — You cannot be 
justified in absenting yourself from the ordinances of 
Christ's house, except duty, clearly expressed, re- 
quires it. You are the Lord's by a most solemn 
act of self-commitment, and we trust that you do 
sincerely desire, and will constantly aim to live, only 
for Hin), to whom you have now consecrated all the 
powers of your being. 

Hereafter the eyes of the world will be upon you; 
and as you demean yourself, so religion will be honor- 
ed or disgraced. If you walk worthy of your pro- 
fession, you will be an honor and a coujfort to us; but 
if otherwise, it will be an occasion of grief and re- 
proach. But, beloved, we are persuaded better 
things of you, and things that accompany salvation, 
though we thus speak. 

May the Lord guide and preserve you till death, 
and at last receive you and us to that blessed world 
where our love and joy shall be forever perfect. Amen. 



PRAYER. 



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PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE 
AND PRACTICE. 

Voted, That the rules adopted by the church, in 
relation to discipline and practice, be read annually 
to the churchj at the Preparatory Lecture in Sep- 
tember. 

I. We acknowledge the Pastor as the standing 
Moderator and clerk of the church; and as having a 
right to vote in all cases. He has power to call 
church meetings at his own election, and shall be 
obliged to call a church meeting, whenever requested 
by any member; sucli member presenting his request 
in writing, and stating therein the matter to be acted 
upon; provided such request be not contrary to any 
of the prescribed rules of the church. - 

II. In general, the customs and usages of the Or- 
thodox Congregational Churches of Massachusetts, 
shall govern our Ecclesiastical proceedings. 

U difficulties cannot be satisfactorily settled by the 
church, a mutual council shall be called on the sub- 
ject, if requested by any aggrieved member; and the 
result of such council shall be considered final, un- 
less the parties shall be mutually agreed to appeal foe 
further trial. 

III. Persons desiring to unite with this church, shall 
give satisfactory evidence of a competent knowledge 
of the doctrines and duties of the gospel; and of ex- 
perimental piety: — All candidates shall be propound- 



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ed to the church at least two weeks previous to ad- 
mission. 

IV. Members of the church who shall for the space 
of one year together absent themselves from the or- 
dinance of the Lord's supper, shall be excluded all 
church privileges; unless they shall exhibit satisfactory 
reasons for such neglect. 

V. The ends of Discipline are the removal of of- 
fences: the peace, order, purity and growth of the 
church: — the benefit of offenders; — and the honor of 
Christ. 

Offenders are to be brought before the church 
agreeably to the rule of Christ, in the 18th chap- 
ter of Matthew; and any member having cause of 
complaint against another, should immediately seek to 
have it removed according to that rule. 

In case of open and notorious sins, the transgres- 
sor is debarred church privileges, when the first step 
is taken with him without obtaining satisfaction; in all 
other instances, when the complaint is received by 
the church for trial. 

In case of public offence, the same steps shall be 
taken, as in personal or private offence, when circum- 
stances will admit; otherwise, the church shall ap- 
point a committee, to deal with the offender privately, 
in order to reclaim him. If this means fail, then the 
church shall proceed to exercise stjch discipline, as 
the nature and circumstances of the offence require. 

No complaint or information on the subject of a 
private offence, shall be admitted by the church, un- 



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less ihe means of reconciliation, or of privately re- 
claiming the offender, have been used, which are re- 
quired by Christ in Matt, xviii. 15, 16. 

Confessions shall be made before the church only, 
or before the whole congregation, as the church shall 
direct. t 

VI. Whereas family worship is a very plain and im- 
portant christian duty; if any member of the church, 
who is the head of a family, shall live in the habitual 
neglect of family prater, such member shall be liable 
to be called to an account and admonished by the 
church for such neglect. 

VII. Persons coming from other churches, and tak- 
ing residence among us, shall remove their relation 
within one year after they come among us; unless they 
can give satisfactory reasons why they do not; or be 
excluded from communing with the church. 

VIII. In case of suspension from church privileges, 
after the expiration of one year, the individual shall be 
excommunicated; unless evidence of reformation is 
exhibited, or the church determine to labor longer 
with the offender. 

IX. It shall be the duty of the members to attend 
such stated meetings as the church shall appoint; es 
pecially the lecture preparatory to the communion; 
unless providentially detained. 

X. Two individuals shall be chosen annually, at 
the preparatory lecture in Sept., to act wiih the Pas- 
tor and Deacons, as a committee to watch over the 
spiritual interests of the Church. 



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XI. No person shall be admitted to church com- 
munion, who is unwilling to adopt the Temperance 
pledge. 

The annual report of the Treasurer may now be 
presented for acceptance. 

The Lord's Supper is celebrated on the first Sabbath 
in January; March ; May ; July ; September; and 
November. Preparatory lecture on the Saturday P. 
M., previous to the communion; n^embers of other 
churches of ©hrist in regular standing are always in- 
vited to unite wiih this church in celebratins; the 
Lord's Supper. 

Collectors for the various Benevolent Associations, 
are appointed annually in the month of June. 



QUESTIONS 

FOR SELF EXAMINATION. 

The follovving questions are affectionately recom- 
mended to the prayerful and frequent perusal of each 
member of this church; particularly previous to the 
Communion. 

1. Are you in the practice of daily secret prayer.^ 

2. Are you in the practice of daily family prayer.'^ 

3. Do you devoutly and prayerfully read the word 
of God every day? 

4. Do you make it a matter of conscience to at- 
tend social meetings for prayer.'^ 



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6. By neglecting these meetings do you give others 
occasion to think that your interest in religion has de- 
clined? 

6. What evidence have you that religion has a 
stronger hold upon your affections, than the world? 

7. Do you exercise feelings o^ kindness, and chari- 
ty, towards your christian hrelhren? 

8. Do you receive unkind treatntient in a christian 
spirit? 

9. Are you living in the neglect of any known 
duty? 

10. Do you love nil the doctrines of the Bible? 

11. Do you do something every day for the con- 
version of sinners? 

12. Do you pray on the Sabbath that God would 
bless his truth to the conviction and conversion of 
sinners? 

13. Do you conscientiously give what you can of 
your substance for the promotion of the kingdom of 
the Redeemer? 

14. Are you doing any tiling to further the salva- 
tion of the rising generation, in Sabbath Schools and 
Bible Classes? 

15. Do you pray and labor for the salvation of the 
youth committed to you care: are your children ded- 
icated to God in baptism? 

16. Are you at peace with all who love Christ? 

17. Are you as tender of the character and repu- 
tation of a brother, as of your own? 



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18. Do you keep a watch over your temper and 
tongue? 

19. Do you pay your proportion for the support ol 
the gospel, in your own church? 

20. Do you cultivate a spirit of christian tender- 
ness towards the failings and iaiperfections of your 
brethren? 

21. Do you visit places of amusement, or social 
pleasures, on which you cannot first ask the divine 
blessing; or where it may be deemed intrusive to in- 
troduce the subject of religion.^ — If so, will you 
make it a solemn matter of conscience before God 
to repent and forsake your evil ways? 

22. Do you feel a readiness to forgive, and pray 
for your enemies? 

23. Do you faithfully improve the means of grace 
with which you are blessed, and endeavor to pro- 
mote your own, and your neighbor's sanctification? 

24. Do you pray daily for your minister? 

25. Do you endeavor to keep constantly alive in 
your heart a sense of your obligation. — 1 . To God. — 
2. To all the friends of the Savior. — And 3. To 
your perishing fellow creatures? 

26. Are you living for eternity? Have you con- 
secrated all you have and are to the Lord? Will you 
read these questions frequently, and pray God to search 
your heart in relation to the several points of chris- 
tian practice suggested by them? 



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RESOLUTIONS 

SUITED TO PROMOTE GROWTH IN GRACE. 

1. I now dedicate myself wholly, body and soul, 
to God; the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. 

2. Resolved to pray to God in secret, at least, 
morning, noon and night: to cultivate a prayerful 
frame of mind. 

3. Always to speak the strict truth, in the fear of 
God: in relating facts, never to exaggerate. 

4. That my conversation shall be spiritual and edi- 
fying. 

5. To commit my way unto the Lord at all times; 
to put entire confidence in the Lord Jesus Christ; — to 
trust in him alone for salvation. 

6. Daily to read the Bible, with a most solemn 
desire to increase in christian knowledge. 

7. To be punctual to all my engagements. 

8. To observe sii ict economy in my expenditures. 

9. To say nothing evil of any person, unless the 
greatest good demands it. 

10. To do all in my power to promote the spread 
of the gospel through the world. 

11. Never to cherish for a moment an unholy 
thought. 

12. To cultivate the society of experienced chris- 
tians. 

13. To avoid all levity in conversation, and con- 
duct. 



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14. To seek lo do all the good in my power. 

15. To cultivate a spirit of disinterested benevo- 
lence. 

16. To redeem the time; not to waste a moment. 

17. Not to indulge my appetite in eating or drink- 
ing any thing to excess, at any time. 

18. To seek counsel of the Lord, before taking 
any step of importance. 

19. To notice the leadings of Providence, and 
endeavor to follow them. 

20. To keep the Sabbath holy to the Lord: — to 
watch my thoughts, words and actions on that day 
sacred to the soul and eternity: — to begin, continue, 
and end it with God. 

21. To pray earnestly and statedly for my kindred, 
friends, and benefactors: — for the church of which I 
am a member, and for the impenitent around me; for 
the church universal, and for the whole world. 

22. That I will give these resolutions a frequent 
and prayerful perusal. 



CATALOGUE 



OF ALL WHO HAVE EVER BEEN MEMBERS OF THE 

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF CHRIST IN 

STURBRIDGE. 



Sept. 29th, 1736, the following fourteen persons were embodied 
into a Church, called the Church of Christ in New Medfield, (after- 
wards Sturbridge.) Rev. Caleb Rice was ordained the sanoe day. 



Rev. Caleb Rice, 
Henry Fiske, 
Ezekiel Upham, 
Joseph Barker, 
Joseph Cheney, 
Ebenezer Stearns, 
Joseph Allen, 
George Watkins, 
Solomon Rood, 
Daniel Fiske, 
Jonathan Perry, 
Jonathan Foskit, 
Moses Allen, 
Daniel Thuston. 

1737. 

Hannah Allen, 
Edward Foster, 
Rachael Foster, 
Deliverance Watkins, 
Joseph Hatch, and 
Mrs. Hatch, his wife. 



Hannah Foskit, 
Sarah Stacy, 
Abigail Smith. 

1738. 

Ruth Jerald, 
Kezia Baker, 
Sarah Martin, 
Hannah Upham, 
Sarah Allen, 
Keziah Mason, 
Isaac Newell. 

1739. 

Priscilia Rice, 
Susannah Johnson, 
John Davis, 
Aaron Allen, 
Hannah Allen, 
Hope Smith, 
Phineas Collor, 



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Mrs, Phineas Collor, 
Experience Morse. 

1740.. 

Abigail Ciieney, 
Rebecca Child. 

1741. 

Isaac Newell, jr. 
David Bishop, 
Anna Bishop, 
Sarah Lovejoy, 
Sarah Shumway, 
David Morse, 
Jerusha Morse, 
Esther Shumway, 
Benjamin Lovejoy, 
Dorothy Morey, 
Samuel Shumway. 

1742. 

Joiin Harding, 
John Morse. 

1743. 

John Pike. 

1744. 

Thankful Fay, 
Caleb Harding, 
Nehemiah Underwood. 



1745. 



Ann CJark, 



Sarah Blanchard, 
John Corey, 
Hannah Corey, 
Sarah Curtiss. 

1746. 

Jacob Hontley, 
Lyd":a Hontley, 
Vashti Harding, 
Abigail Newell, 
Mary Freeman, 
Stephen Blanchard, 
Jonathan Mason, 
Hephzibah Mason, 
Jabez Harding, 
Ruth Ryon. 

1747. 

Hannah Harding, 
Samuel Freeman. 

1748. 

Moses Holbrook, 
Ruth Holbrook, 
Rowland Clark, 
Jeremiah Chickering, 



and 



Mrs. Chickering, his wife. 

1749. 

Samuel Elli^. 

1750. 

Rebecca Livermore, 
Reuben Ellis. 



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1751. 

Sarah Ward, 
Thaddeus Bond, 
Mary Maffit, 
Benjamin Towne, 
Hannah Towne, 
Timothy Faulkner, 
Abigail Ellwell, 
Abigail Ellis, 
Ralph Wheelock. 

1752. 

Noah Mason, 
Nathaniel Walker, 
Submit Walker, 
Joseph Pierce, 
Lydia Pierce, 
John Ellis. 



1753. 1754. 
1755. 1756. 

Silence Turner, 
Rebecca Upham, 
Peter Morse, 
Keziah Morse. 

1757. 

William Hatfield, 
Elizabeth Hatfield, 
Thomas Howard, 2d. 
Mary Howard, 
Sarah Holbrook, 
Martha Bond, 
Moses Weld, 
Elizabeth Weld. 



1758. 

Joshua Weld, 
Mary Weld, 
John Tarbell, 
Esther Tarbell. 



1759. 1760. 1761 

Mary Babbit, 
Prudence Plimpton, 
Mary Lyon, 
Rev. Joshua Paine, 
Seth Twitchel, 
Isaac Newell, 
Abigail Newell, 
Philip Gage, 
Anna Gage, 
Mrs. Howard, 
Onesiphorus Pike. 

1762. 

Aaron Lyon, 
Seth Patridge, 
Solomon Rood, and 
Mrs. Rood, his wife. 
Benj. Howard, 
Sarah Marcy, 
Jonathan Westgate, 
Sarah Beal, 
Lucy Allen, 
Abigail Fay, 
Eunice Mason, 
Elizabeth Towne, 
Asa Upham, 
Lydia Upham, 
James Gibbs, 
Thomas Howard, 



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Mrs. Thomas Howard, 
Reuben Knapp, 
Deborah Plimpton, 
Martha Gibbs, • 
Anna Bullard, 
Prudence Bond, 

1763. 

Elijah Marcy, 
Isaac Storey, 
Elizabeth Storey, 
Mary Paine, 
Moses Marcy, 
Abigail Mason, 
Ruth Bond. 

1764. 

Jeremiah Harding, 
Benj. Ellis, 
Comfort Ellis. 

1765. 

Nathaniel Walker, 
Barmeth Walker, 
Elijah Harding, and 
Mrs. Harding, his wife, 
Abigail Holbrook, 
Elizabeth Child. 

1766. 

Rebecca Morse, 
Mrs. Chubb. 

1767. 

Daniel Clark, 
Sarah Clark. 



N. B. — The records con- 
taining the names oj 
those icho were admitted 
to the church during Mr. 
Paine's ministry, [about 
40 years,) having been 
lost; the following were 
recorded as members of 
the church at the com- 
mencement of Rev. Otib 
Lane's ministry, Juhi 

m.- 

1801. 

Rev. Otis Lane, 

Dea. Moses Weld, 
" Job Hamant, 
" Eleazer Hebard, 

Hannah Hamant, 

Elizabeth Hebard, 

Aaron Allen, 

Abigail Alle:), 

Simeon Allen, 

Sarah Allen, 

Jacob Allen, 

Lucy Allen, 

Abel Allen, 

Jerusha Allen, 

Elizabeth Allen, 

Hannah Allen, 

Rhoda Allen, 

Mary Eabbit, 

Sarah Blanchard, 

Sarah Bliss, 

Jo?eph Benson, 

Mary Benson, 

Daniel Clark, 

Sarah Clark, 



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Martha Clark, 
Priscilla Cheney, 
Mary Chamberlain, 
Mary Chubb, 
Elizabeth Child, 
Sarah Coburn, 
Susanna Clapp, 
Eunice Dunton, 
Anna Dresser, 
Samuel Ellis, 
Abigail Ellis, 
Fletcher Foster, 
Lois Foster, 
Cyrus Fay, 
Sarah Fay, 
Rachael Foster, 
Sarah Faulkner, 
Deborah Freeman, 
Martha Gibbs, 
Catharine Gibbs, 
Jonathan Gibbs, 
Lucy Gibbs, 
Zephaniah Gibbs, 
Lucinda Gibbs, 
Samuel Hamant, 
Keziah Hamant, 
Jemima Harding, 
Eunice Johnson, 
Jason Morse, 
Phebe Morse, 
Jonathan Mason, 
Mary Mason, 
Abel Mason, 
Ruth Mason, 
Daniel Morse, 
Lois Morse, 
Oliver Morse, 
Sophia Morse, 



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Elisha Moseley, 
Abigail Morey, 
Meriam Newell, 
Elizabeth Nichols, 
Mary Paine, 
Amaryllis Paysoo, 
Abigt^l Patridge, 
Elijah Plimpton, 
Elias Plimpton, 
Mary Plimpton, 
Samuel Richardson, 
Mary Richardson, 
Caleb Rice,. 
Sarah Rice, 
Hezekiah Rice, and 
Mrs. Rice, his wife, 
Sarah Shumway, 
Thankful Saunders, 
Abijah Smith, 
Mary Smith, 
Gideon Shaw, 
Abigail Shaw, 
Cyprian Stephens, 
Sarah Stephens, 
John Tarbell, 
John Tarbell, jr. 
Susanna Tarbell, 
Jonathan Upham, 
Bathsheba Upham, 
Leonard Upham, 
Abigail Upham, 
Nathaniel Walker, 
Basmath Walker, 
Josiah Walker, 
Jerusha Walker, 
Asa Walker, 
Submit Walker, 
Ralph Wheelock, 



m. 



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Experience Wheelock, 
David Wight, 
Catharine Wight, 
David Wight, jr. 
Susanna Wight, 
Parker Weld, 
Mary Weld, 
Beulah Warner, 
John Dunton, and 
Mrs, Dunton, his wife. 

Thejollowing were added 
the same year^ viz. 
Asa Bobbins, 
Catherine Child, 
Sarah Goodell, 
Eleanor Stephenson, 
Hephzibah Allen, 
Elizabeth Paine. 

1802. 

Rufus Chapin, 
Alice Chapin, 
Hannah Morse, 
Relief Whittemore. 

1803. 

Gemima Hamant, 
Abijah Child, 
Lois Child, 
Samuel Kendall, 
Molly Kendall. 

1804. 

Persis Hamant, 
Zeruiah Allen, 



Molly Allen, 
Malachi Patridge, 
Experience Allen, 
Experience Marsh, 
Susanna Harding, 
Anna Weld, 
Deborah Allen, 
Sally Adams. 

1805. 

Joel Plimpton, 
Eleazor Howard, 
Anna Howard. 

1806. 

Polly Newell, 
Mary S. Warner, 
Joab Howard, 
Anna Howard. 

1807. 

Daniel Plimpton, 
Roxalana Plimpton, 
Nancy Child. 

1808. 
Mary Johnson. 

1809. 

Thomas Upham, 
Mehetable Upham, 
Lucretia Plimpton. 
James Johnson, 
Esther Weld, 



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Martha Gibbs, 
Alphleda Gibbs, 
Anna Bullard. 

1810. 

Tryphena Stedman, 
Apama Parsons, 
Lucinda Allen, 
Lucinda Newell, 
Rynaldo Plimpton, 
Lois Plimpton, 
Cheney Plimpton, 
Harriet Plimpton, 
Elijah Gibbs, 
Lydia Gibbs, 
Patty Johnson, 
Fanny Marsh, 
Achsah Lyon, 
Prudah Plimpton, 
Zeruiah Rockwood, 
Roxa Gibbs, 
Elvira Gibbs, 
Samuel Shumvvay, 
Polly Shumway, 
James Chapin, 
Polly Wight, 
Asahel Johnson, 
Sarah Harding, 
Oliver Holbrook, 
Lucy Adams, 
Susanna Wight. 

1811. 

Esther Blodget, 
Lucy Curtiss, 
Lois Morse, 



Job Hamant, 
Thomas Wallace, 
Keziah Wallace, 
Hannah Weld, 
Calvin Marsh, 
Meliva Weld, 
Davi^ Wight. 

1812. 

Polly Goodell, 
Nancy Coburn, 
Sally Paine, 
Elizabeth Allen. 

1813. 

Mercy Hobbs, 
Jacob Draper, 
Diana Draper. 

1814. 1815. 1816. 
Lucinda Bowen. 

1817. 

Desire Lumbard, 
Harmonia Allen, 
Abigail Bullock, 
Eli Wheelock, 
Mary Bullard, 
Rebecca Reynolds, 
Absalom Stockwell 

1818. 
Doct. Jacob Corey, jr 



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1819. 

Willard Allen, 
Jonathan P. Curtiss, 
Doane Atwood, 
Francis Johnson, 
Zenas Dunton, 
Mary H. Dunton, 
Sally Chapin, 
Huldah Allen, 
Milta Parsons, 
Mary Park, 
Perez Walker, 
Mary Walker, 
Louisa Walker, 
Maria Allen, 
Cynthia Gibbs, 
Candace Allen, 
Samuel Freeman, 
Sally Freeman, 
Abigail Fiske, 
Bathsheba Fiske, 
Abigail Fiske^ 
Julia Fiske, 
Levins M. Fiske, 
Asenath Holbrook, 
Fanny Wheelock, 
Sally Johnson, 
Rev. Alvan Bond. 



1820. 

Thankful Allen, 

Doct. Ephraim M. Lyon, 

Pamelia Lyon, 

Doct. Abishai Howard, 

Rachael Howard, 

Elias Holbrook, 



Betsey Lyon, 
Susanna Alton, 
Lydia Fiske, 
Lucy Adams, 
Sally Morris, 
Alfred Gibbs. 

1821. 

Lyman Morse, and 
Mrs. Morse his wife, 
Betsey Holbrook. 

1822. 
Pamelia Johnson. 

1823. 

Sarah Bond, 
Abigail Atwood, 
David T. Lane, 

1824. 1825. 1826. 

Loren Merrick, 
Harriet Merrick, 
Lucy Allen, 
Silas Marsh, 
Cylinda Allen, 
Mrs. Absalom Stock\fell, 
Mary Corey, 
George Davis, Esq. 
Sophia Davis, 
Francis Wheelock, 
Nancy Wheelock, 
Hiram Wheelock, 
Warren Plimpton, 



Timathy N. Upham, 
Martha Plimpton, 
Martha Alien, 
Adaline Allen, 
Alma T. Howard, 
Caroline Upham, 
Anna Stockwell, 
Loretta Plimpton, 
Mary Ann Bullock, 
Armeda Gibbs, 
Vialia Holbrook, 
Anna Gibbs, 
Sarah Porter, 
Ziba Plimpton, 
Hannah Plimpton, 
William Bullock, 
Martha Richardson, 
Mrs. Alpheus Shumwayj 
Harriet Allen, 
Hephzibah Stockwell, 
Mary Weld, 
Lois Lumbard, 
David K. Porter, 
Mary S. Porter, 
Violette Hebard, 
Rebecca Shumway, 
Eliza Plimpton, 
Absalom Stockwell, jr. 
Silas Plimpton, 
Enoch K. Gibbs, 
Elijah B. Gibbs, 
Peggy Pike. 

1827. 

Eliza Allen, 
Martha Nichols, 
Marinda Woodward, 



Achsa Marsh, 
Simeon Allen, 
Amaryllis Shumway^ 
Emily Hebard, 
Harriet Fenton, 
Mrs. Nathaniel Walker, 
Sarah Walker, 
Nathlniel Walker, 
Semantha Plimpton, 
Jabez Ainsworth, 
Eunice Ainsworth, 
Mary H. Wight. 

1S28. 

Betsey Nichols, 
Clementina Lawton, 
Mary Marsh. 

1829. 

Elizabeth H. Merrick, 
Emery Richards, 
Elijah Bond, 
Elizabeth Monroe, 
Samuel Rice, and 
Mrs. Rice, his Wife, 

1830. 

Proctor Nichols, 
Mrs. Henry Fiske, 
Sally Bond. 

1831. 

Waterman Potter, 
Tryphena Potter, 



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Abigail M'Clentic, 
Marietta Belknap, 
Rebecca Atherton, 
Alfred BeJknap, 
Deborah Belknap, 
Esther Hamant, 
Mary Merrick, 
Esther Plimpton, 
Clarissa A. Smallage, 
Betsey Allen, 
Eliza Ann Monroe, 
Sarah Goodell, 
Eliza Rice, 
Elmira Marsh, 
llachael Marsh, 
Henry Fiske, 
Livingston Shumvvay, 
Justus Weld, 
James B. Johnson, 
Peter B. Johnson, 
Samuel Morse, 
Jonathan Gibbs, 
Francis V. Plimpton, 
Maria Allen, 
Prudence Robinson, 
Lydia Marsh, 
Ruth Shumway, 
Hephzibah Richards, 
Mary Arnold, 
Hannah Arnold, 
Velinda Weld, 
Hannah Bond, 
Estes Bond, 
Alvan Allen, 
Erasmus Holbrook, 
Penniel Plimpton, 
Abijah Shumway, 
Nancy Shumway, 



Abigail Chapin, 
Eleazar Porter. 

1832. 

Cyrus Merrick, 
Charles Jacocks, 
Otis Warner, 
Erzuba Fay, 
Mary Bullard, 
Mary Adams, 
Hannah S. Davis, 
Mary Davis, 
Caroline Curtiss, 
Lucy M. Curtis?, 
Mariel Allen, 
Elzada Richards, 
Polly Stockwell, 
Lucy Stockwell, 
Mary Upham, 
Sophia Holmes, 
Alvira Allen, 
Hannah Monroe, 
Matilda C. Wheelock, 
Mary J. Wheelock. 
Martha S. Wheelock, 
Eliza Corey, 
Caroline W^oodvvard 
Hannah S. Chapin, 
Rebecca Atherton, 
Luther Phillips, 
Charles Blanchard, 
Samuel Holmes, 
William Curtiss, 
Lyman Benson, 
Abigail Weld, 
Perley Allen, 
Hannah Allen, 



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Elisha Morse, 
Chloe Morse, 
Asa BuUard, 
Mary Allen, 
Harmony Wight^ 
Sally B. Howard, 
Augusta Gay, 
Electa Hobbs, 
Lucy Mason, 
Celestia Draper, 
Fidelia Dunton, 
Mary Jane Deveresux, 
Rebecca Elkins, 
Sophronia Lamb, 
Emily Lamb, 
Emeline Morse, 
Laura N. Puffer, 
Diantha Morris, 
Mary Dunton, 
Julia Dunton, 
Lucina Dunton, 
Clarissa Chapin, 
Eliza Ann Belknap, 
Lucy Vf. Belknap, 
Elizabeth W. Potter, 
Ruth Wight, 
Jesse B. Adams, 
Charles G. Allen, 
Jabez H. Westgate, 
John Allen, 
Abijah Child, 
George Lyon, 
Henry W. Potter, 
Edward Dyer, 
John S. Belknap, 
Alonzo Belknap, 
Charles Green, 
John Hoi brook. 



Sarah Hyde, 
Fitz Henry Hyde, 
Alfred Belknap, 
Lucinda Wight, 
Rev. Joseph S. Clark, 
Harriet B. Clark, 
Charlotte Jacocks, 
Sar;^ Baldwin, 
Nathan Darling, 
Charles Fuller, 
Elias M. Gifford, 
Naomi Barrows, 
Julia Ellis, 
Ursula Johnson, 
Harriet Johnson, 
Sophia Holmes, 
Zeviah Alona Upham, 
Matilda Lumbard, 
Augusta Lumbard, 
Laurinda Bowen, 
Caroline A. Hooker, 
Mary Plimpton, 
Leonard Upham, 
Eleanor Gilbert, 
Alice B. Devereaux, 
Ruth Devereaux, 
Mary Elkins, 
Elizabeth Elkins, 
Festus Wight, 
Lydia Wight, 
Esther Richards, 
Henry Dyer, 
Sibyl Dyer. x 

During this year, 94 wtrt 
added to the Church by 
'profession, and 11 hy 
letter. Baptism was ad- 
ministered to 'US children. 



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130 persons were gath- 
ered into the church as 
fruits of the revival 
which commenced in 1831. 

1833. 

Oliver B. Wight, 
Louisa Wight, 
David Hitchcock, 
Mary Hitchcock, 
Eleanor Darling, 
Gains Ellis, 
Sarah Plimpton, 
Eleanor Chapin, 
Dolly Weld, 
David Atherton, 
Ruth Elkins, 
Susan Elkins, 
Martha H. Carpenter, 
Lucy A. Carpenter, 
Cyrus Fay, jr. 
Elvira Nichols, 
Abigail Lincoln, 
Eunice F. Drake, 
Entiery R. Ainsworth, 
John E. Ainsworth, 
Nancy E. Ainsworth, 
Lucy M. Ainsworth. 

1834. 

Chester Stone, 
Nancy Stone, 
Elizabeth Carpenter, 
Caroline A. Fay, 
Prudence Burgess, 
Chester W. Carpenter, 
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Dyer A. Carpenter, 
Isabella Woolcot, 
Elizabeth Lincoln, 
Hervey S. Lincoln. 

1835. 

Serena Ainsworth, 
Anna Parker, 
U. Tracy Carpenter, 
E. W. Bush, and 
Mrs. Bush, his wife, 
John E. Hyde, 
Lucina Ladd, 
Ruth Ainsworth, 
Elias Holbrook, 
Charlotte Holbrook. 

1836, 

Emily B. Wheelock, 
Frederick Purinton, and 
Mrs. Purinton, his wife, 
Mariamne Shumway, 
Richard Arnold, 
Lydia Arnold, 
Simeon A. Drake, 
David Wight, jr. 
Fitz Henry Lurabard„ 
David Wight, 
Lucinda Wight, 
Louisa Bullock, 
Mary W. Drake, 
Hannah C. Farnam, 
Olive C. Farnam, 
Alpheus Shumway, 
Henry Haynes, 
Samuel K. Farnam, 



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Chester Gore, 
Emerson Wight, 
Thomas Arnold, 
Mary Ann Drake, 
Lois Faraam, 
John Gorgj 
Eliza D. Cook, 
Lyman Bruce» 
Lydia Bruce, 
Elizabeth A. Bruce, 
Electa C, Brnce, 
Roxana Bruce, 
Charlotte Bruce, 
Laura '^V. Fiske, 
Levi Barnes, 
Mary Barnes, 
Sarah Perrin, 
Mahala Rice, 
Sarepta Harding, 
Mary E. Hooker, 
James Fuller, 
Noah D. Ladd, 
Ira B. Carpenter, 
Perley Shumway, 
Chloe Hill, 
Seth Walker, 
Celinda Bowen, 
Charles Carpenter, 
Darius Gore, 
Laura A. Morse, 
Susan Marsh. 

1837. 

Caroline Gore, 
Otis Blood, 
Martha H. Blood, 
Ward Davis, 
Sarah E. Davis, 



Hannah Johnson, 
Eunice Barrows, 
Emily D. Saxton, 
Lucy Monroe, 
Miriam E. Rice, 
Harriet A. Barrows, 
Fidelia F. Hutchins, 
John N. Chamberlain, 
Benj. H. Pierce, 
Fanny Ann Plimpton, 
Ruhamah Metcalf, 
Azor Sly, 
Sarah G. Sly. 

1838. 

Adelphia K. Allen, 
Martha M. Corey, 
Dr. Alvan Smith, 
William N. Johnson, 
Mary Lucy Johnson, 
Caroline Smallage. 

1839. 

Delia Southwick, 
Mary Upham, 
Mary Keilard, 
Jonathan H. Andruss, 
Lucna Andniss. 
Harriet Andruss, 
Marvin S. Plietteplnce, 
Mary H. Pheiteplace, 
Rev. David R Austin, 
Lucinda N. Austin. 

1840. 

Abijah Metcalf, 



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Sally Metcalf, 
Mary I, Porter, 
Louisa T. Bullock, 
Philura Plimpton, 
Orril B Bruce, 
Evelina W. Hyde, 
Chloe Congdon. 

1841. 

Lorinda Chapin, 
Nancy Johnson, 
Almira J. White, 
Louisa Mason, 
Margaret M. Merrick, 
Louisa Holbrook, 
Clarinda Allen, 
Henrietta C. Stone, 
Caroline M. Wheelock, 
Rebecca Knight, 
Clarinda Nichols, 
William Lee, 
Cerome Morris, 
Charlotte Roper, 
Charles D. Mason, 
Hannah Griggs, 
Almira M. Purinton, 
Betsey W. Rice, 
Melvin Haynes, 
Franklin F. Plimpton, 
Andrew Wight, 
Hiram H. Ames, 
Amos Holbrook, 
Aaron Wight, 
Bela J. Stone, 
Sarah Lamb, 
Laura Dunton, 
Sarah M Shumway, 



Emeline Wight, 
Mary Ann Shumway, 
ivlehetable D. Furbush, 
Rachael C. Holbrook, 
Charlotte M. Morse. 

1842. 

Lauretta E. Ainsworth, 
Mary E. Lyon, 
Nancy A. Chapin, 
Thomas Keliard, 
Elmer Carder, 
Elizabeth D. Ames, 
Mary Ann Pierce, 
William F. Oakley, 
Marietta Oakley, 
Mary C. Shumway, 
Caroline C. Shumway, 
Elizabeth A. Purinton, 
John Fay, 
Mary Ann Fay, 
Asa Fiske, 
Catharine Fiske, 
William T. Dyer, 
Helen E. Carpenter, 
Laura M. Tucker, 
Harriet E. Carey, 
Roxy A. Ladd, 
Sally Buckingham, 
Phalla H. Kingsbury, 
Levi Barnes, jr. 
A. Nelson Lumbard, 
William H. Stevens, 
Daniel S. Kingsbury, 
Jane Eastman, 
Anna B. Kingsbury, 
Susan B. Carder, 



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Helen M. Carder, 
Ann E. Bartholomew, 
Nancy Lincoln, 
Roxana Johnson, 
Sally B. Johnson, 
Sarah C. Shumway , 
Sophronia Roper, 
Martha A. Eastman, 
Melville Snell, 
Harriet F. Snell, 
Roxana Dyer, 



Mandana Fay, 
Sarah L. Walker, 
Betsey Freeman, 
Loretta Barnes, 
Sarah Harding, 
Nancy Knight, 
Nancy Gardner, 
Sarah L. Plimpton, 
Hannah L. Plimpton, 
Lucinda Holbrook, 
Sarah Holbrook. 



ALPHABETICAL LIST 



OF THE PRESENT MEMBER 



— ===e©8=— 



MAZjES. 



Rev. David R. Austin, 
John E. Ainsworth, 
Jabez Ainsvv^orth, 
Charles G. Allen, 
John B. Allen, 
Perley Allen, 
Simeon Allen, 
Jonathan H. Andruss, 
Hiram H. Ames, 
Richard Arnold, 
Thomas Arnold, 
David Atherton. 



Levi Barnes, 
Levi Barnes, jr. 
John S. Belknap, 
Lyman Benson, 
Charles Blanchard, 



Otis Blood, 
Elijah Bond, 
Estes Bond, 
Lyman Bruce, 
Lyman Bugbee, 
Asa Bullard. 



j Elmer Carder, 
j Charles Carpenter, 
I Ira B. Carpenter, 
j U. Tracy Carpenter, 

John N. Chamberlain, 

James Chapin, 
i Jonathan P. Curtiss^ 



Dea. George Davis. 
Simeon A, Drake, 



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Jacob Draper, 
Dea. Zenas Dunton, 
Henry Dyer, 
William T. Dyer. 



Samuel K. Farnum, 
Cyrus Fay, 
John Fay, 
Asa Fiske, 
Levins M. Fiske, 
Charles Fuller. 



Elijah Gibbs, 
Enoch R. Gibbs, 
Jonathan Gibbs, 
Jonathan Gibbs, jr. 
Elias M. Gifford, 
Chester Gore, 
Dnrius Gore. 



Henry Haynes, 
Melvin Haynes, 
Amos Hoibrook, 
Elias Hoibrook, 
Erasmus Hoibrook, 
Lemuel Holmes, 
Doct. Abishai Howard, 
Joab Howard , 
John E. Hyde. 



Charles Jacocks, 
William N. Johnson. 

Thomas Kellard, 
Daniel S. Kingsbury, 



Levi Ladd, 

Noah D. Ladd, 

William Lee, 

A. Nelson Lumbard, 

Fitz Henry Lumbard, 

Dea. Ephraim M, Lyon. 



Charles D. Mason, 
Cyrus Merrick, 
Loren Merrick, 
Abijah Metcalf, 
Elisha Morse, 
Samuel Morse. 



William F. Oakley. 



Benjamin H. Peirce, 
Marvin S. Phetteplace, 
Francis V. Plimpton, 
Franklin F. Plimpton, 
Dea. Joel Plimpton, 
Penuel Plimpton, 
Rynald Plimpton, 
Silas Plimpton, 
Warren Plimpton, 
Ziba Plimpton, 
David K. Porter, 
Eleazer Porter, 
Waterman Potter, 
Frederick Purinton. 



Emery Richards. 
Abij'ih Shumvvay, 



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Alpheus Shumway, 
Livingston Shumway. 
Azof Sly, 
Melville Snell, . 
William H. Stevens, 
Absalom Stockwell, 
Bela J. Stone, 
Chester Stone. 



Nathaniel Walker, 



Perez Walker, 
Seth Walker, 
Otis Warner, 
Aaron Wight, 
Andrew Wight, 
David Wight, 
David Wight, jr. 
Emerson Wight, 
Festus Wight, 
Oliver B. Wight. 



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Fidelia F. Agar, 
Elsia Ainsworth, 
Eunice Ainsworth, 
Lauretta E. Ainsworth, 
Lucy M. Ainsworth, 
Ruth Ainsworth, 
Adaline Allen, 
Adelphia K. Allen, 
Betsey Allen, 
Clarinda Allen, 
Eliza Allen, 
Hannah Allen, 
Harmonia Allen, 
Mary Allen, 
Mary A. Allen, 
Mary D. Allen, 
Elizabeth D. Ames, 
Harriet Andruss, 
Lucina Andruss, 
Lydia Arnold, 
Rebecca Atherton, 
Rebecca Atherton, 



Lucinda N. Austin. 



Sarah Baldwin, 
Mary Barnes, 
Loretta Barnes, 
x\nn E. Bartholomew, 
Martha H. Blood, 
Hannah Bond, 
Sarah P. Bond, 
Lucinda Bo wen, 
Naomi Barrows', 
Eunice B. Breard. 
Augusta L Brown, 
Charlotte Bruce, 
Electa C. Bruce, 
Lydia Bruce, 
Orril B. Bruce, 
Sally Buckingham, 
Mary BuUard, 
Louisa L Bullock, 
Louisa T. Bullock, 



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Mary Ann Bullock, 
Mary T. Bugbee, 
Prudence Burgess. 



Helen M. Carder, 
Susan B. Carder, 
Harriet E. Carey, 
Elizabeth Carpenter, 
Helen E. Carpenter, 
Lucy A. Carpenter, 
Martha H. Carpenter, 
Apama Chapin, 
Clarissa Chapin, 
Laurinda Chapin, 
Nancy A. Chapin, 
Hannah S. Chapin, 
Chloe Congdon, 
Martha M. Corey, 
Mary Corey, 
Lucy Curtiss, 
Lucy M. Curtiss. 

Sophia Davis, 
Mary Ann W. Drake, 
Mary W. Drake, 
Celestia Draper, 
Laura Dunton, 
Mary H. Dunton, 
Roxana Dyer. 

Jane Eastman, 
Martha A. Eastman, 
Polly Ellis. 

Hannah C Farnam, 



Lois Farnam, 
Olive C. Farnam, 
Bathsheba F. Fay, 
Caroline A. Fay, 
Mandana Fay, 
Mary Ann Fay, 
Harriel Fenton, 
Abigail Fiske, 
Abigail L. Fiske, 
Catharine Fiske, 
Laura W. Fiske, 
Betsey Freeman, 
Mariel A. Fuller, 
Mehetable D. Furbush. 



Nancy Gardner, 
Lydia Gibbs, 
Roxa Gibbs, 
Caroline A. Gifford, 
Eleanor Gilbert, 
Caroline Gore, 
Sally B. Gore. 



Esther Hamant, 
' Fidelia D. Hamant, 
j Lucy W. Harding, 

Sarah Harding, 
I Elizabeth W. Harris, 
Lucina D. Haynes, 
Emily Hebard, 
Chloe Hill, 
Asenath Holbrook, 
Betsey Holbrook, 
Charlotte Holbrook, 
Louisa Holbrook, 
Lucinda Holbrook 



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Rachael C. Holbrook, 
Sarah Holbrook,! 
Laurinda B. Holbrook, 
Electa Hobbs, . 
Eliza Holmes, 
Mary E. Hooker, 
Alma T. Howard, 
Sally B. Howard, 
Evelina W. Hyde, 
Sarah Hyde. 



Charlotte Jacocks, 
Sarepta H. Janes, 
Hannah A. Johnson, 
Hannah Johnson, 
Harriet Johnson, 
Nancy Johnson, 
Pamelia Johnson, 
Roxana Johnson, 
Sally B. Johnson. 



Mary Kellard, 
Miriam E. King, 
Anna B. Kingsbury, 
Phalla H. Kingsbury, 
Nancy Knight, 
Rebecca Knicrht. 



Matilda Lumbard, 
Achsah Lyon, 
Mary E. Lyon, 
Prudence Lyon. 



Susan Marsh, 
Louisa Mason, 
Lucy Mason, 
Elizabeth H. Merrick, 
Harriet Merrick, 
Margaret M. Merrick, 
Mary Merrick, 
Ruhamah Metcalf, 
Sally Metcalf, 
Cerome Morris, 
Diantha Morris, 
Charlotte M. Morse, 
Chloe Morse, 
Emeline Morse, 
Laura A. Morse, 
Sarah Morse, 
Elizabeth Minroe, 
Elvira N. Munroe. 



Clarinda Nichols, 
Martha Nichols. 



Nancy Ladd, 
Roxy A. Ladd, 
Sarah Lamb, 
Abigail Lincoln, 
Nancy Lincoln, 
Eliza Lumbard, 
Harriet A. Lumbard, 



Marietta Oakley, 



Mary Ann Pierce j 
Mary U. Pierce, 
Sarah Perrin, 
Margaret Pike, 
Esther Plimpton, 



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Fanny A. Plimpton, 
Hannah Plimpton, 
Hannah L. Plimpton, 
Lois Plimpton, 
Martha Plimpton, 
Mary Plimpton, 
Philura Plimpton, 
Pruda Plimpton, 
Roxana Plimpton, 
Sarah L. Plimpton, 
Semantha Plimpton, 
Mary I. Porter, 
Mary S. Porter, 
Tryphena Potter, 
Almira M. Purinton, 
Elizabeth A. Purinton, 
Mrs. F. Purinton. 

Betsey W. Rice, 
Esther Richards, 
Anna Richardson, 
Charlotte Roper, 
Sophronia W. Roper, 
Mary B. Sanders, 
Mrs. A. Shumway, 
Amaryllis Shumway, 
Caroline C. Shumway, 
Mary Ann Shumway, 
Mary C. Shumway, 
Ruth Shumway, 
Sarah C. Shumway, 
Sarah M. Shumway, 
Caroline Smallage, 
Clarissa A. Smallage, 
Harriet F. Snell, 
Sarah G. Sly, 
Delia P. Southwick, 
Anna Stockwell, 



Hephzibah Stockwell, 
Lucina L. Stockwell, 
Lucy Stockwell, 
Mary fctockwell, 
Nancy Stone, 
Henrietta C. ^'tone. 



Laura M. Tucker. 



Mary Upham. 

Mary Walker, 
Sarah Walker, 
Sarah L. Walker, 
Mrs. Nathl. Walker, 
Clementina Warner, 
Mary S, W\irner, 
Nancy E. Washburn, 
Celinda B Webber, 
Dolly Weld, 
Melinda Weld, 
Velinda Weld, 
Hannah N. Westgate, 
Lucy M. Westgate, 
Caroline M. Wheelock, 
Almira J. White, 
Emeline Wight, 
Eunice F. Wight, 
Harmony Wight, 
Lucinda Wight, 
Louisa Wight, 
Mary H. Wight, 
Lydia Wight, 
Ruth Wight, 
Isabella Wolcott, 
Marinda Woodward 



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